This is pretty major, folks.... I think what they're saying is "home" (non-enterprise) Windows users will get "pushed" updates in a more or less continuous stream throughout the month.
I gotta think about how I feel about that... it's gonna depend on whether I can turn that stream on and off at MY will, not Microsoft's. And whether they'll honor that setting -- or not -- when they feel like it.
"...The goal, he said, was to make users of all stripes more secure by constantly feeding updates down the pipe, across all devices once Windows 10 is launched..."Hmmmm.
24/7 updates...
the thing will do nothing but update
great...
did they really think this would sound like a good thing?
Most Windoze users I speak with suffer patch fatigue.
As someone who depended on junked computers for many years, I always had to first clear them of all the spyware and viruses, and then catch up on all the Windows updates.
I have always just set updates on automatic and let them take care of their own OS.
No Patch Tuesday? Wait, what about the ceremonies? The sacrifices? Dang it, what about the chicken bones? I can’t be a sysadmin without the chicken bones!
This is one insane decision by Microsoft.
Though I may use her's as a sacrificial lamb, as all she does is internet foolishness.
She can always use my old reliable XP laptop if she has to.
Microsoft is dying......to much liberal thought in donations and business decisions.....
And they'll be glad to charge you a fee for "support" when they destroy your computer by pushing updates to it.
“it’s gonna depend on whether I can turn that stream on and off at MY will”
Only business versions of W10 will be able to control updating, and right now it’s not entirely clear how fine that granularity will be.
Consumer versions will have NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER when and what Microsoft pushes onto those systems. Gonna be fun when some update permanently bluescreens 25% of W10 home systems one Sunday afternoon, hey?
Yet ANOTHER very good reason to stick with W7 until Microsoft is finally forced to give up on the consumer/mobile market and refocus themselves on making an industrial operating system for PCs.
Hilarious! Let the home users beta-test the endless, unscheduled patches, THEN deliver them to businesses. Great plan! Think it’s time to go Linux or Apple.
Meanwhile, those on capped telephone/home Internet plans will see their bills shoot up.
It’s not just dial-up users on cel phones (using 3G/4G LTE); a lot of home Internet plans also have monthly caps too.
This is fine for home users but a PITA for enterprises. I wonder if WSUS will be affected.
Actually, MS plans that,
devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 would receive a free upgrade for one year after the OS shipped. Devices upgraded in this fashion wouldn’t just get a one-time update code — Microsoft committed to keeping any upgraded device current “for the supported lifetime of the device.” Exactly what those words meant has never been clear. But new statements out of Redmond may have shed some light on that topic...
The big question consumers have been asking is whether Windows 10’s “free upgrade” is going to contain some sort of gotcha clause that ropes people into paying a lump sum later, or being marooned on an unsupported OS....
Microsoft has fought for years to pull users off of old versions of Windows, and the “supported for the lifetime of the device” language is likely designed to allow the company to move to a different support model. That doesn’t mean Microsoft intends to charge outright for future versions of the operating system, however. More likely, Microsoft wants users to treat Windows upgrades the same way that Android, iOS, and browser updates are typically treated, with the majority of users jumping for new versions as soon as they’re available. Businesses or individuals that choose not to do this may have the option of purchasing extended phone or technical support, in much the same way that companies can now. http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/204900-microsoft-sheds-light-on-windows-10-revenue-future-os-pricing-plans
